Liam Payne, a former member of One Course, has died. He was 31.
Payne died after falling from the third ground of a lodge room in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in keeping with state police reported by ABC and CNN.
Buenos Aires police advised the Related Press in a press release that Payne’s fall resulted in “extraordinarily severe accidents.” Medics confirmed his demise on the spot, the assertion mentioned.
Pablo Policicchio, the communications director for the Buenos Aires Safety Ministry, advised AP that Payne “had jumped from the balcony of his room.” He added that police responded to an emergency name warning of an “aggressive man who could possibly be beneath the affect of medicine or alcohol” simply after 5 p.m. native time
AP additionally reported that the lodge supervisor may be heard on a 911 name saying they’d “a visitor who’s overwhelmed with medication and alcohol … He’s destroying your complete room and, properly, we’d like you to ship somebody, please.”
Argentina’s state emergency medical system will examine the circumstances of Payne’s demise, and conduct an post-mortem.
Born on Aug. 29, 1993, in Wolverhampton, England, Payne rose to fame after his audition for the fifth season of The X Issue in 2010, in entrance of judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh.
Payne had beforehand auditioned for British tv collection in 2008 however was eradicated within the competitors. When he returned two years later, it was a efficiency of Michael Bublé’s “Cry Me a River” that led to his placement within the newly shaped boy band that will be referred to as One Course, mentored by Cowell. Fellow bandmates Niall Horan, Harry Kinds, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik accomplished the group.
Whereas they didn’t win that season of The X Issue, One Course grew to become one of many best-selling boy bands of all time, recognized for hits like “What Makes You Lovely,” “Night time Adjustments” and “Steal My Woman.” The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016, after Malik had departed the band a 12 months prior.
Payne later signed to Capitol Data U.Ok. as a solo artist in 2016 and launched his debut single “Strip That Down” that includes Quavo the next 12 months.
Along with collaborating with different high artists, together with DJ Zedd and J Balvin, his music had been streamed over two billion instances as of 2018.
He additionally launched his debut EP First Time in August 2018 after which his first solo studio LP1 the next 12 months. Payne has had a number of songs land on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart, together with “Strip That Down,” which peaked at No. 10. Different tracks reminiscent of “For You” with Rita Ora, “Get Low” with Zedd and “Bed room Flooring” additionally made their manner onto the chart. His newest launch was his single “Teardrops” earlier this 12 months.
Payne shared a son, Bear Gray Payne, born in 2017, together with his ex-girlfriend (and X Issue decide) Cole. He was presently relationship influencer Kate Cassidy.
Payne additionally confronted a number of controversies later in his profession, together with when he mentioned on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast in 2022 that he would all the time “dislike” former bandmate Malik, insisted that One Course was shaped round him and that he was essentially the most profitable solo artist exterior of the band. (Many pointed to Harry Kinds as proof he was fallacious.)
Payne later apologized for his feedback, saying he lashed out as a result of his “personal frustrations” at his profession. Extra lately, his ex, Maya Henry, accused the singer of harassing her and her household after they broke up in 2022.
Final 12 months, the singer additionally opened up about his sobriety journey, sharing in a YouTube video that as of July 2023, he was six months sober after spending 100 days in a rehabilitation facility. He added that a part of his motivation to get assist was to be a greater father to his son.
“I simply wanted to take just a little little bit of trip for myself usually because I sort of grew to become any individual who I didn’t actually acknowledge anymore,” Payne mentioned within the video on the time, including, “I simply sort of really feel like I’ve obtained extra of a grip on life now.”
The artist had traveled to Argentina for Horan’s live performance, which occurred Oct. 2 on the Movistar Enviornment in Buenos Aires. He was seen in lots of fan movies cheering on his pal’s efficiency and interacting with the group.
Along with his son, Payne is survived by his mother and father, Karen and Geoff; and two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola.
